My photography has two buildings, one an eighteenth century hotel; ‘The Royal’. Secondary pic half removed; ‘The Knickerbocker’, from the architectural timeline of Artdeco. They juxtaposed to the adorning parks, situated in a middling townscape, both providing accommodation to the traveller or thirsty combatant. Bathurst NSW.
Viele Frauen, die in den Hotels auf der Insel die Zimmer machen - die sogenannten Kellys -, fühlen sich ausgebeutet und kämpfen für bessere Bedingungen.#Reise #Mallorca #Hotels #Kellys #Tourismus #Zimmerservice #Ausbeutung
Mallorca - Kampf gegen Ausbeutung im Zimmerservice | DW | 07.11.2022
In diesem Herbst und Winter heißt es in Deutschland Energie sparen. Was kommt auf Hotels, Restaurants, Skigebiete, Wellness-Oasen und öffentliche Einrichtungen wie Museen zu? Womit Urlauber rechnen müssen.#Reisen #Deutschlandreise #Energiekrise #Hotels #Sanktionen #Ukraine-Krieg
Energiekrise: Wie kommt der Tourismus durch den Winter? | DW | 12.09.2022
Nach einem kräftigen Anstieg der Übernachtungszahlen im April nähert sich der Deutschland-Tourismus zunehmend dem Niveau vor der Corona-Krise. Die Städte profitieren von der Rückkehr ausländischer Gäste.#Deutschland-Tourismus #Beherbergungsverbot #Städtetourismus #Hotels #Campingurlaub
Deutschland-Tourismus zieht kräftig an | DW | 10.06.2022
Die Reiselust der Deutschen ist nach zwei Jahren Pandemie größer als je zuvor. Die Osterreisewelle rollt, Hoteliers und Gastronomen frohlocken. Aber es fehlen die Fachkräfte, um den Ansturm zu bändigen.#Tourismus #Hotels #Gaststätten #Restaurants #Arbeitskräftemangel #DEHOGA #IngridHartges
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Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects used 42,000 pieces of bamboo to create the complex, sculptural form of this entrance building for a resort on the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc.
The building welcomes visitors to Grand World Phu Quoc, which is part of the Phu Quoc United Center – a leisure and entertainment complex occupying more than 1,000 hectares on the island.
The welcome building to the Grand World Phu Quoc resort was designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Vo Trong Nghia Architects was commissioned to design a structure that embodies Vietnamese culture and provides a bold symbol at the entrance to the expansive site.
The welcome centre has a gross floor area of 1,460 square metres, and is made from bamboo using construction methods that the studio has refined over many years.
It was constructed using 42,000 pieces of bamboo
It was completed using approximately 42,000 bamboo culms – the hollow stems of the grass species that grows rapidly in Vietnam's tropical climate.
The studio claimed that the project, which uses ropes and bamboo pins to connect the culms together, was more complicated than its previous bamboo buildings due to the hybrid structural systems used.
"The joint system is challenging as we employed a lot of structural systems, and the details of them meeting each other is challenging," the studio said.
The structure is comprised of arches, domes and curving planes
The dense structure comprises a series of arches, domes and grids, with an internal void sculpted into the forms of a lotus and bronze drum.
The bamboo framework produces interior spaces that feel open and transparent, due to the grid structure allowing light to penetrate through it.
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Skylights incorporated into the building's thatched roof also allow daylight to illuminate the interior, while the grid system enables breezes to ventilate the space naturally.
"The light comes in beautifully and, along with the natural colour of bamboo, creates a warm and intimate atmosphere, even though the structure is very open in terms of airflow," the studio added.
The building has domed interiors
Visitors arriving at the resort cross a plaza and follow a path that bridges a shallow reflecting pool, before entering the welcome centre through an arched opening.
The arched passage extends through the building, leading into two halls that are shaped like a lotus and a bronze drum.
These sculpted internal voids represent traditional symbols that respond to the client's requirement that the building should embody Vietnamese culture.
Skylights fitted into the roof allow light to filter into the interior
In a 2014 interview with Dezeen, Vo Trong Nghia, founder of the eponymous studio, described bamboo as the "green steel of the 21st century".
He added that the material, which is abundant and affordable in his native country of Vietnam, is particularly suited to creating open or semi-outdoor spaces.
Bamboo is tied and joined together
Nghia established his architectural practice in 2006. Previous bamboo projects completed by the studio include a restaurant with a domed roof set on an artificial lake and a series of beach huts with thatched roofs that form part of a resort on a small island.
In addition to its work with bamboo, the studio is known for exploring various low-energy architectural solutions, and for incorporating plants in many of its projects.
In Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, Nghia's office designed a villa with trees growing through its concrete walls, while tropical plants cover the balconies of a hotel in Danang.
Photography is by Hiroyuki Oki.
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Büro Ole Scheeren has unveiled designs for a hotel building made up of stacked horizontal blocks topped by plants for Chinese beach resort Sanya.
Located on the island of Hainan in southern China, the 160-metre-high Sanya Horizons will boast "hanging gardens" that can be experienced by guests.
Due to open in 2026, the tropical resort will also feature one of the world's largest infinity pools and a sky garden set 75 metres above the ground.
Sanya Horizons will combine two hotels
Büro Ole Scheeren is designing the building for developer CDF Investment & Development Co. It will include two hotels: The Regent Sanya Bay and Hotel Indigo Sanya Bay.
Scheeren's competition-winning scheme combines the two hotels in one large structure, allowing the rest of the site to remain a natural landscape.
The building will include a sky garden raised 75 metres above the ground
"Rather than creating a pair of separated towers, the hotels are stacked on top of one another, thereby occupying a smaller footprint and liberating large parts of the natural landscape on the ground," said Büro Ole Scheeren.
"This strategic manoeuvre allows the combined massing to be more structurally and ecologically efficient, and creates a memorable and iconic silhouette along Sanya's shoreline."
The building will include a 153-metre-wide infinity pool
Raised above a glazed entrance podium, the six stacked blocks will be curved towards the view of the ocean.
Plants will cover the roofs of each block to create the hanging-gardens effect, while the sky garden will be created within an opening in the building volume called the Horizons Window.
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All guest rooms will have sea views and private terraces. Select rooms called Horizon Villas will also have their own private swimming pools, which will be slotted within the building's vertical openings.
The infinity-edge Horizon Pool will be set within a cantilevered structure, spanning 153 metres in width.
Horizon Villas will boast private pools and terraces
The building's facades will comprise hexagonal grids of recessed balconies and walkways, which will help reduce the building's energy demands by providing shade.
The horizontal openings will reduce the impact of wind on the building's structure, while the internal layouts are designed to facilitate cross ventilation.
"Through those strategic measures, combined with the integration of abundant greenery throughout the building, Sanya Horizons yields a highly environmentally responsible and sustainable performance in respect of the planet and beautiful nature surrounding the project," said Büro Ole Scheeren.
The building is planned for Chinese beach resort Sanya
German architect Ole Scheeren established his firm in 2010, after making his name at OMA, and now has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, New York, Berlin, London and Bangkok.
Stacked blocks, curved facades and sky gardens are common themes among his designs. Among his completed projects are the concave Duo towers and "vertical village" The Interlace.
In an interview with Dezeen in 2014, Scheeren said he was attracted to working in Asia because the continent has "a certain fearlessness and vision for the future".
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Hospitality chain Lore Group has opened the Goddard & Gibbs seafood restaurant within the One Hundred Shoreditch hotel, which occupies the former Ace Hotel London Shoreditch building.
Lore Group's creative director Jacu Strauss designed the restaurant within the recently opened hotel on Shoreditch High Street, London, to evoke the seaside to be in keeping with its seafood menu.
A yellow rock sculpture and sandy artworks give the restaurant a beachy feel
A gigantic yellow sculpture, created from a sketch drawn by Strauss, stands on a table at the centre of the restaurant.
"The sculpture is based on my memories of trips to the seaside as a child and making towers from piles of rocks on the beach," Strauss said.
"I wanted the space to have a playful sense of nostalgia to which our guests could relate."
The central sculpture is based on the designer's childhood trips to the seaside
Continuing the theme, wood-panelled walls of the restaurant were adorned with "sandscape" artworks made from sand that have been painted yellow and framed.
Parasol-like pendant lights from Herman Miller hang from the ceiling, alongside pearly spherical bulbs.
Angled mirrors run the perimeter of the restaurant
Angled mirrors around the top of the wall panelling direct attention back onto the central sculpture.
Another bright yellow boulder is stationed in the corner of the room, while seaweed-green banquettes are interspersed among the seating.
The walls are clad in a strip-textured wood panelling
The tabletops are fashioned from black and white aggregate terrazzo, with hexagonal tiles making up the floor.
At the entrance to the restaurant from the street, what was formerly a flower shop has been converted into a wine bar characterised by terracotta tiles.
A wine bar area has been set up in the street entrance
The restaurant's dishes are intended to reference the fishing villages and seaside towns of the British coastline, with a focus on ethically sourced ingredients.
Goddard & Gibbs opened last week as part of the One Hundred Shoreditch hotel.
Terrazzo table tops are used throughout the restaurant
One Hundred Shoreditch occupies the same building as Ace Hotel's London outpost, which closed in 2020 having been initially shuttered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Lore Group also operates Sea Containers, a hotel on London's Southbank with interiors designed by Tom Dixon, as well as the Pulitzer in Amsterdam and the Riggs and Lyle hotels, both in Washington DC.
With One Hundred Shoreditch it hopes to mirror Shoreditch's "new, grown-up feel while retaining the buzz and vibrance synonymous with the area".
Lore Group has opened the restaurant as part of its new One Hundred Shoreditch hotel
Other recently opened hotels in London include Buckle Street Studios, designed by Grzywinksi+Pons and a Room2 outpost in Chiswick designed by Project Orange, which is claimed to be the world's first whole-life net-zero hotel.
The images are courtesy of One Hundred Shoreditch.
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European brands intermingle with furniture from US company Haworth in a Michigan hotel that has been reimagined by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola.
The Haworth Hotel is housed within a multi-level brick building in downtown Holland, a small city along Lake Macatawa. The hotel sits within the campus of the private school Hope College.
The historic Haworth Hotel in Michigan was renovated by Patricia Urquiola
The renovation was backed by the Haworth family, which owns the office furniture brand by the same name. The hotel is meant to accommodate visitors to the company's global headquarters in Holland, along with visitors to the college.
"The hotel was completely redone as part of a large initiative to turn a campus hotel into a design showcase while enhancing the guest experience," the company said.
The staircase is made of bent metal and oak
To revitalise the hotel, the company turned to Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, who runs a studio in Milan. Urquiola has created several products for Haworth, including a sofa and pouf, and has a knack for balancing "warmth, playfulness, sophistication and multiple brand experiences".
For the hotel project – Urquiola's first in the US – the designer was charged with creating a distinctive space that is both durable and comfy.
The hotel lobby has furniture brands like Cappellini
The property contains 48 guest rooms, a range of meeting spaces, a fitness centre and a newly added coffeeshop that is open to the public. There also is a ballroom that doubles as a student dining space.
Guests step into a bright lobby featuring pale wooden flooring and white walls. Daylight streams in through street-facing windows.
The accent wall of the dining room is clad in white oak
A centerpiece of the lobby is a wide, spiral staircase made of bent metal and oak. The stair rises up from a podium with geometric tile designed by Urquiola for Mutina.
Just off the entrance is a lounge space fitted with furniture from Cappellini, Cassina, Poltrona Frau and Haworth. Underfoot is a grey rug from Gan, a division of Gandia Blasco.
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Similar brands are featured in other areas of the hotel.
For instance, a room with powder blue walls is fitted with poufs and stools from Haworth, Cappellini tables made of terrazzo and faux marble, and a modular sofa system designed by Urquiola for Haworth. Affixed to the walls are disc-shaped lighting fixtures from Pablo Designs.
Meeting rooms were part of the renovation of the Haworth Hotel
In a dining area, the designer placed tables and chairs from Cassina and a Big Shadow lamp by Marcel Wanders for Cappellini. An accent wall is clad in white oak.
Guest rooms are intended to foster relaxation. Furnishings include Haworth poufs and chairs, bedside sconces by Louis Poulsen, and millwork designed by Urquiola and fabricated by Cassina Contract.
The rooms include millwork designed by Urquiola
"The Haworth Hotel is a blend of residential and commercial solutions – durable enough to withstand years of accommodating guests and with a vibe that feels like home," the team said.
Other interior design projects by Patricia Urquiola include a Maggie Centre for cancer care in Barcelona that has a bright and homely atmosphere. The building was designed by Benedetta Tagliabue of EMBT.
The photography is by Haworth Hotel.
Project credits:
Interior design: Studio Urquiola
Architectural design: GMB Architecture + Engineering
General contractor: Owen-Ames-Kimball
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Japanese architect Tadao Ando has transformed a building that was once home to video game giant Nintendo into a boutique hotel.
Due to open on 1 April, Marufukuro Hotel will be located in Kyoto in a building that was occupied by Nintendo between 1933 and 1959, when the company was called Yamauchi Nintendo.
At the time, the company was a manufacturer of Japanese playing cards called "hanafuda" and Western-style playing cards called "karuta" and "toranpu".
The building was home to Nintendo from 1933 to 1959
Located in the Kagiyacho neighbourhood, just north of Kyoto railway station, the building has been unoccupied ever since Nintendo vacated it.
Ando has renovated and extended the old structure, converting it into an 18-room hotel including a restaurant, bar, spa and gym.
The building's exterior has remained largely unchanged, retaining elements such as old Yamauchi Nintendo entrance plaques and window grilles patterned with details from the old playing cards.
Ando's task was to reimagine the building's interior but incorporate many of its original 1930s details, which include decorative tiling and art-deco lighting fixtures.
Art-deco details are retained in the renovation
For the annex, the architect has adopted a more modern approach with floor-to-ceiling windows and elements in raw concrete, the material he is famous for.
Photos of the completed Marufukuro Hotel have so far been kept under wraps, but the hotel is already taking bookings and has released some visuals showing layout and furniture details in the guest rooms.
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Guests can choose to stay in either the old or new parts of the building, in rooms ranging in size between 33 and 79 square metres.
The project is backed by property developer Plan Do See.
Tadao Ando converted the existing building into an 18-room hotel
Ando is among Japan's most prolific architects. Awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1995, his best-known projects include Church of the Light and Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum.
Recent projects include the renovation of the Bourse de Commerce building in Paris, which proved controversial, and art centre Casa Wabi in Mexico.
It was recently announced that Ando is designing a Palm Springs home for reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
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David Chipperfield Architects has built a theatre and hotel complex in Jingdezhen, China, as part of a masterplan to revive a former porcelain factory district.
The London-based studio's Berlin office developed the Ceramic Art Avenue Taoxichuan masterplan for the city known as China's porcelain capital.
The project involved transforming an entire urban block close to the city centre into a cultural district that celebrates the city's unique industrial heritage.
Taoxichuan Grand Theatre is one of several new buildings on the site
Former factory buildings on the site have already been converted to create a museum, a ceramics market and porcelain shops, and David Chipperfield Architects is also building a music academy.
With the completion of the Taoxichuan Grand Theatre and the hotel complex – which includes two hotels and an events venue – the renewal of the site is almost complete.
According to David Chipperfield Architects, the ambition behind Ceramic Art Avenue Taoxichuan is "not only preserving and converting the existing buildings for reuse, but complementing the urban quarter with new buildings to gain a contemporary presence".
The site includes a complex of four hotel buildings
The designs for the new buildings reference the industrial architecture of the old porcelain factories.
All of these buildings prominently feature brickwork, referencing the materiality of the old warehouses. But the bricks are often arranged as perforated screens, which gives them a more decorative quality.
Pedestrian walkways are a key element of the masterplan
The buildings are all linked by a boulevard and a pedestrian promenade, to encourage visitors to explore the whole site.
The Taoxichuan Grand Theatre incorporates two venues, a classical opera house and a black box theatre.
Mushroom-shaped columns characterise the theatre building
The building is characterised by huge mushroom-shaped columns that frame the main foyer. Located both in front of and behind the glazed facade, they support a monumental, projecting concrete roof.
The interior of the foyer is also concrete, with tactile details like timber-lined surfaces and a wall of glass blocks.
A wall of glass blocks frames the foyer
The curved form of the horseshoe-shaped opera house is visible from the street and also extends into the foyer. Its 1,200-seat auditorium is lined with walnut veneer and framed by three balcony levels.
"With this classical European format, the auditorium reflects the meaningful connectedness of audience and performers as one community who jointly experience an artistic performance as a singular, authentic live event as opposed to today's digital environment," said David Chipperfield Architects.
A horseshoe-shaped opera house has 1200 seats
The black box theatre has a more contemporary feel, with a flexible and mobile stage setup.
The space is lined in blackened wood and can be opened up to facilitate open-air performances.
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Located immediately south of the theatre complex, the hotel complex is made up of four buildings plus a former dormitory that has been converted into apartments.
All four of the new buildings have a similar aesthetic, with brick walls, deep-set windows and recessed balconies.
The hotel buildings are a linked by a steel and glass structure
They are connected at ground level by a more lightweight structure built from steel and glass, which ties the entrances together and makes it easier to navigate the site. This space can also be used for public exhibitions and activities.
The hotel buildings are organised around open-air courtyard gardens, while the events block contains a series of flexible function rooms.
Hotel bedrooms are organised around courtyard gardens
"The semi-transparent facades of the function rooms and the perforated balustrades of the hotel balconies act as a filter between private and public areas," said David Chipperfield Architects.
"The staggered brick columns bring the overall building volume in relation to the human scale."
The Academy of Music is due to complete in 2022
Due to complete in 2022, the Academy of Music is under construction at the southern end of the Ceramic Art Avenue Taoxichuan site.
Set to include teaching facilities, recording studios and a 350-seat concert hall, the facility is being created within two former factory buildings that are being upgraded with new tiled roofs and a bold new interior layout.
The materials palette for this building includes maple veneer, pine wood and mastic asphalt.
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David Chipperfield Architects has completed a number of projects in China to date, including the Liangzhu Culture Museum, the Xixi Wetland Estate and the Moganshan Road office block, all in Hangzhou.
Ceramic Art Avenue Taoxichuan is the studio's first project in Jingdezhen, a city where investment in culture has become a priority in recent years.
The Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum, designed by Studio Zhu-Pei, opened to fanfare in 2020, while the Sanbaopeng Art Museum, designed by DL Atelier, opened on the outskirts of the city in 2017.
Project credits
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects, Berlin
Client: Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Tourism Group
Local design institute: ISA Architecture, Shanghai
Acoustics: Kahle Acoustics, TongJi Architectural Design
Lighting design: Leox
Landscape architect: Possibilism Design Studio, ISA Architecture
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Architecture firm De Matos Ryan has modernised a traditional pub in the English village of Nun Monkton, adding a collection of guest suites that take their design cues from agricultural buildings.
London-based De Matos Ryan was tasked with renovating and extending the heritage-listed pub in North Yorkshire, which is the last remaining hostelry in a village that was once an important trade hub for the medieval river transport network.
Named after a 19th-century racehorse, The Alice Hawthorn is an important meeting point for the villagers, but had been neglected and even closed for a period before being taken on by new owners in 2013.
De Matos Ryan added guest suites to The Alice Hawthorn pub in Yorkshire
The new landlords recognised that saving the pub from extinction required a more modern strategy focused on increasing its appeal to a broader audience. In 2017, they commissioned De Matos Ryan to oversee upgrades to the existing building and the development of several new accommodation blocks.
"The brief was to provide tourists, as well as the local community, with a high-quality but affordable basecamp from which to enjoy the surrounding landscape and visitor attractions," explained De Matos Ryan director Angus Morrogh-Ryan.
The project provides 12 ensuite guest bedrooms, including four on the first floor of the existing pub and eight arranged around a new courtyard that extends the village green into the pub's rear garden.
The new buildings are clad in larch and galvanised steel
Drawing inspiration from the Norse word "garth", meaning an enclosed garden, the communal green is surrounded by buildings that evoke the region's agricultural architecture.
"The design reflects the character of the various informal farmsteads that surround the green, which continues to be grazed by cows and other animals," the architects pointed out.
"The home-grown Douglas fir framed buildings use authentic agricultural building materials, such as galvanised corrugated steel roofing and larch cladding, to create the sense that the animals have only recently moved out."
The additions are arranged around a courtyard
The timber-framed buildings feature cloister-like passages facing the garden. Double-member columns resting on cast-concrete upstands support overhanging eaves that extend beyond the wooden facades.
The new amenities include a single-storey staff accommodation block that is slotted between two existing brick buildings near the site's entrance. The structure is clad with larch and features a pan-tile roof to match the surrounding outbuildings.
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A two-storey building called The Field Barn is located at the southern end of the garden and contains two en-suite guest bedrooms on each floor.
The single-level Tack Room accommodates a wheelchair accessible guest room, along with space for an outdoor kitchen, pizza oven and bar on the western edge of the garden.
Single-storey guest suites were built to provide visitors with accessible spaces
The Stables is a single-storey extension to the existing row of buildings on the eastern side of the site. It contains three guest bedrooms separated from the green space by brick pavers that form a driveway leading to the car park.
The Field Barn, Tack Room and The Stables all feature larch cladding and sinusoidal galvanised-steel roofs. The metal wraps around the whole of the Field Barn's upper floor, which is windowless to prevent overlooking and light pollution to the neighbours.
The site contains 12 ensuite guest bedrooms
The interiors of the new spaces feature a contemporary material palette that intentionally contrasts with the more traditional pub areas.
Internal walls are lined with larch boards and poplar plywood that complements the exposed Douglas fir structure. Curtains and upholstered headboards add softness and texture to the bedrooms.
The central courtyard features planted borders that contribute to the site's biodiversity, while an orchard next to the car park will eventually be used to supply the pub's kitchen with freshly grown fruit.
A natural palette was used throughout the interior
De Matos Ryan was founded in 1999 by architects Jose Esteves De Matos and Angus Morrogh-Ryan. The multidisciplinary studio creates contemporary solutions for a wide range of environments, often working within historic and culturally sensitive contexts.
The office previously designed a house in London that sits within a sunken courtyard, and oversaw the modernisation of the 18th-century York Theatre Royal and its 1960s extension.
The photography is byHufton + Crow.
Project credits:
Architect: De Matos Ryan
Project manager: Russell Pickering, R Pickering
Quantity surveying: Aspect 4
Structural engineering: Price Myers
MEP services: P3r
Acoustics: Gillieron Scott Acoustic Design
Sustainability: Award Energy
Main contractor: Gem Construction
Douglas Fir timber framing: Timber Workshop
Galvanised steel cladding: Varla
Timber cladding, doors, windows and carpentry: Lee & Micklethwaite
Mechanical services: Warmaway
Electrical services: Switched Solutions
Garden designer: Kate Guillebard
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Chinese studio Neri&Hu has converted a nine-storey residential building in Nantou City, Shenzhen, into a guesthouse wrapped in a metal mesh.
The Shanghai-based studio aimed to reflect the cultural heritage of buildings in the Nantou City urban village within its design for the guesthouse.
The entrance of the guesthouse is directly connected to the alleyways of the local neighbourhood
It stripped back and cut open the original building's structure to reveal different layers of materials to guests.
According to the studio, this reflects an urban village – a phenomenon in China where agricultural villages were swallowed by the mass and speedy urbanisation but remain as distinct entities.
Neri&Hu inserted a new metal stairwell into the old structure
Existing, exposed structural elements were combined with modern additions throughout the building.
"The contrast and tension between old and new, past and present are very much part of the spacial and sectional experience of the project," said Lyndon Neri, founding partner of Neri&Hu.
The open facade allows natural light and street life into the building
The guesthouse's small entrance was designed to not stand out within the intricate narrow alleyways of the urban village.
It was clad in a light steel screen-like cladding that gives the building a modern appearance while letting natural light into the building.
All rooms are designed differently with unique view
An existing stairwell that previously connected all nine floors was cut open and expanded to create a new internal courtyard.
A metal stair was suspended within the space to allow visitors to access the upper floors.
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Neri&Hu designed each of the rooms to have its own individual identity.
"We made the building retain its original 'bones' and 'skin' but add another layer of covering, so it takes on multiple readings of history and presence," said Rossana Hu, founding partner of Neri&Hu.
The heavy volumes on the rooftop are designed to look like a hat
The building is topped with a dining space and rooftop terrace.
A pair of metallic monoliths sit on the rooftop platform containing heating and ventilation units that Hu said change the building "like a nice hat that gives a new identity".
Other recent buildings completed by Neri&Hu include a whisky distillery in Sichuan province and Aranya Art Center in Qinhuangdao.
The photography is by Hao Chen and top video is by Runzi Zhu.
Project credits:
Client: Shenzhen Vanke Co
Architecture design: Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Interior design: Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
FF &E design and procurement: Design Republic
Partners-in-charge: Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu
Senior Associate-in-charge: Chris Chienchuan Chen
Senior Associate: Christine Chang
Associate: Sanif Xu
Design team: Bingxin Yang, Dian Wang, Ningxin Cheng, Peter Ye, Bernardo Taliani de Marchio, Cheng Jia, Xiaotang Tang, Jieqi Li, Pengpeng Zheng, Eric Zhou, Yoki Yu, Zhikang Wang, Tong Shu, Matthew Sung, Kany Liu, July Huang, Lyuqitiao Wang
Design Management: Urban Research Institute of China Vanke
LDI: Bowan Architecture Co., Ltd.
Facade consultants: PAG Facade Systems Co
Interior LDI: Hign Decoration Design Engineering Co
Lighting: Grand Sight Design International Limited
Landscape: Yuanye Landscape Design
Civil Engineering: West Construction Shenzhen
Facade contractors: Shanghai Bestin Industry Co; West Construction Shenzhen
Interior contractors: Shenzhen Chuangbao Decoration Co
Steel Construction: Shenzhen Chuangbao Decoration Co
Doors and windows ：Schüco International (Beijing) Co
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A former hosiery factory in Nashville has been converted into a Soho House hotel and members' club, designed with nods to its industrial setting and the city's musical heritage.
The launch of Soho House Nashville earlier this week marks the company's second location in the American South, following the opening of the Austin house in 2021.
Soho House Nashville has opened in the May Hosiery Building
The May Hosiery Building, constructed in the early 1900s in the Tennessee city's artsy Wedgewood-Houston neighbourhood, now contains a series of club spaces and accommodation.
The Soho House design team used the building's industrial past and Nashville's reputation as the Music City to inform the renovation and decor.
"The house design is influenced by a strong pre-war, European aesthetic, connecting to the building's history with Bauhaus-inspired, striking geometric patterns, bold industrial finishes, and bespoke fixtures," said the team.
Metal shelving divides spaces in the Club Room
Playing on the colour of original verdigris copper doors, various teal shades were used across the different spaces to visually tie them together.
Meanwhile, the striped tiling around the swimming pool evokes the pattern of a guitar string board.
"Music City influences do not escape Soho House Nashville with its warm, rich textures of the rock and roll era and decorative patterns that nod to the jazz and blues genres," the design team said.
Striped tiling around the pool is designed to mimic a guitar string board
The building contains three indoor and outdoor performance spaces, a pool, a health club and a screening room.
Food is offered at Club Cecconi's, the first in-house restaurant of the Cecconi's chain of Italian eateries owned by the Soho House group.
Soho House Nashville's hotel has 47 bedrooms that vary in size
At the heart of the building, the Club Room is divided by industrial metal shelving into intimate spaces including a library with a fireplace and a games area.
The Sock Room also celebrates the factory's prior use for producing socks that astronauts wore to the moon, and now hosts live music and events.
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Referencing the machinery once housed in the space, bespoke bar lamps with an industrial aesthetic contrast softer materials like velvet and textured sheer linen.
Soho House Nashville has 47 bedrooms that range in size, including a large loft suite that spans over three floors.
Bedrooms all have large chandeliers and a variety of textiles
The rooms are furnished with bespoke, locally made designs and vintage accessories, as well as large chandeliers and metal screens that conceal the bathrooms.
"Each bedroom has been designed to feel traditional and cosy with woven tapestries, made with bespoke fabric designed in Nashville specifically for the house, to hide all TVs," said the team.
The rooms feature a mix of bespoke local furniture and vintage accessories
A total of 170 pieces were acquired from 41 local artists to be displayed throughout the hotel and club areas.
They join the wider art collection exhibited in the Soho House locations across the globe, which the company has gradually added to its portfolio since its founding in London in 1995.
Metal screen doors enclose the bathrooms
Along with Austin, the group's outposts in North America include Soho Warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles and Dumbo House in Brooklyn.
It's not surprising that the brand chose to open in Nashville – one of several southern US cities that has seen a recent influx of young creative people, and therefore an expanded repertoire of cultural and entertainment venues.
Also new to the city's dining and drinking scene is The Twelve Thirty Club , which is owned by restauranteur Sam Fox and musician Justin Timberlake.
The photography is byAndrew Joseph Woomer.
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For our latest lookbook, we have rounded up 10 hotel rooms and holiday homes on the coast that provide unspoiled views of the surrounding seas and oceans.
From beachside retreats in Tulum to guesthouses dotted along rugged patches of Icelandic shoreline, these hotel rooms are designed to make the most of their coastal locations.
As well as offering a contemplative place to watch calming waves, many show how ocean or sandy hues can be incorporated into an interior space and how water can act as a source of inspiration.
This is the latest in our series of Dezeen Lookbooks series providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing homes with terrazzo floors, retro eateries and kitchens with bright white interiors.
Photo is by Francisco Nogueira
Barefoot Luxury, Cape Verde, by Polo Architects and Going East
Belgian studio Polo Architects and Going East matched bumpy stone walls with sandy-hued interiors to embed this cluster of guest villas within Cape Verde's jagged terrain.
Drawing on the textures and tones of the surrounding landscape, the studios filled the hotel with shades of brown, ochre, red while floor-to-ceiling glass doors provide views onto the deep blue Atlantic ocean on right on its doorstep.
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Photo is by Thibaut Dini
Casa Santa Teresa, Corsica, by Amelia Tavella Architects
French studio Amelia Tavella Architects transformed a ruined Corsica residence into a breezy home for holiday-makers by using simple, comfortable furnishings.
An outdoor terrace that runs along the outside of its bedrooms has unspoiled vistas of the Route des Sanguinaires on the Gulf of Ajaccio – a rugged strip of coastline dotted with villas and upscale hotels.
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Photo is by Read McKendree
Marram Hotel, US, by Bridgeton and Studio Tack
The 96 rooms in this Montauk hotel overlook a freshwater pool and, a little further in the distance, the Atlantic Ocean and New York's Long Island can be spotted.
Hospitality company Bridgeton and Studio Tack chose interiors and materials that evoke the wild grass and sandy dunes that the building sits atop.
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Photo is by Nick Simonite
Hotel San Cristóbel, Mexico, by Lake Flato
Whitewashed walls give this Mexican hotel a bright and airy feel that matches its sunny beachside location as well as providing the backdrops for cacti and frame ocean views.
Austin architecture studio Lake Flato and designer Liz Lambert aimed to use the natural surroundings to create a laid-back atmosphere Most rooms open onto their own outdoor spaces, with patterned tiled floors matching the bathroom surfaces.
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Photo is by Elke Frotscher
Monte Uzulu, Mexico, by Taller Lu'um and At-te
Situated in a small fishing village on the beach of San Agustinillo, Mexico, Monte Uzulu is just a short walk away from the Pacific Ocean. All 12 suites have a terrace that overlooks the forest and ocean.
Mexican studios Taller Lu'um and At-te designed the boutique hotel to showcase local craft with earthen walls, doors made from local wood and a thatched roof.
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Photo is by Taggart Sorensen
Casa Xixim, Mexico, by Specht Architects
Bedrooms inside this villa hotel in the Mexican resort of Tulum spill out onto expansive terraces overlooking a nearby mangrove marsh and beach.
Conscious of its position on a protected bay, New York studio Specht Architects designed it to be fully self-sufficient and to work in unison with its unique site.
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Photo is by Brooke Shanesy
Palm Heights, Caribbean, by Gabriella Khalil
The same sunny yellows and bright blues that recall the Caribbean seaside run throughout the rooms in this hotel designed by Gabriella Khalil.
Each suite in the boutique hotels opens onto a balcony at the back of the property, where visitors can enjoy the sea views.
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Photo courtesy of Block722 Architects
Olea Hotel, Greece, by Block722 Architects
Every room in this coastal hotel is set within a rectilinear volume and fronted by large windows, which frame different views of the pool, gardens, or distant Ionian Sea.
Athens-based practice Block722 Architects wanted to blend the lodging into the natural Grecian landscape by using earth-hued linens, light timber furnishings and offcuts of wood.
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Guesthouse Nýp, Iceland, by Studio Bua
This cosy bed and breakfast is located on Iceland's west coast, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Breiðafjörður Nature Reserve – a place remarkable for its extreme weather conditions.
A corrugated metal skin and an extension that houses three guest suites are some of several changes that Studio Bua made in its renovation of Guesthouse Nýp. From these suites, guests can look out onto patches of shallow seas, small fjords and bays.
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Photo by Felix Mooneeram
Harlosh, Scotland, by Dualchas Architects
Tasked with enhancing the way guests experience the surrounding scenery, Dualchas Architects decided to incorporate floor-to-ceiling windows on both ends of the building, which is perched on a peninsula in the northwest of the Isle of Skye.
A pair of terraces as the front and rear of the building can be used by guests looking to catch the sunrise and sunset, or simply take in the grasslands, sea lochs and inlets that characterise the area.
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Cresting ocean waves served as a blueprint for the arched forms found on the interior and exterior of this beachside hotel that GS Design has created in Sanya, China.
Located on the tropical island of Hainan, the Sumei Skyline Coast hotel was designed to reference its immediate environment.
Arches feature on the interior and exterior of the Sumei Skyline Coast hotel
The building's facade is punctuated by curved windows and balconies that suggest rolling waves, and is painted in a crisp shade of white to contrast the rich blues of the surrounding sea and sky.
"We worked to craft the space into a timely and sophisticated art piece with a long lifespan of usage by adopting this classic colour," explained Chinese architecture firm GS Design.
Sculptural white furnishings decorate the lounge area
On the ground floor, a series of upside-down arches runs along the wooden decking adjoining the infinity pool.
More spots for swimming are found on the expansive roof terrace as well as in the first-floor lounge, where stepping stones lead over a curvy-edged indoor pool.
The light-filled room is otherwise dressed with a couple of potted plants and an array of sculptural white armchairs with matching side tables.
Stepping stones lead over the curvy-edged pool
The curved shapes seen on Sumei Skyline Coast's exterior are echoed throughout its guest rooms, which are accessed via vaulted corridors.
Some rooms have circular skylights or huge round headboards that project over the beds. Others feature arched recesses accommodating cushioned bench seats or vanities.
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All bathrooms come complete with a standalone tub, positioned next to the windows to give guests optimum views of the island beyond.
In keeping with the rest of the hotel, the guest rooms are finished completely in white with textural interest provided by tufted beige decorative cushions that are scattered over the soft furnishings.
Arched or rounded forms are incorporated into the guest rooms
GS Design was established in 2014 and is based in Shenzhen.
The studio's Sumei Skyline Coast project joins a number of hotels that have recently opened across China. Among them is BAN Villa, which was designed to look like a "floating village", and Grotto Retreat Xiyaotou, a hotel modelled on ancient cave dwellings.
The photography is by Ao Xiang.
Project credits:
Architecture, interiors and furnishing: GS Design
Design directors: Liangchao Li, Yuanman Huang
Design team: Chao Li, Zigeng Luo
Furnishing director: Yu Feng
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An accessible rooftop and a tower clad in shingles will animate the luxury Fedje Hotel, which Saunders Architecture is designing for a small island and fishing village in Norway.
Set to be built on the west coast of Fedje, the hotel will offer a "quiet refuge" for tourists who want to experience living on island time.
Bergen-based studio Saunders Architecture's design also aims to provide visitors with an understated yet luxurious experience that it said will encapsulate the Nordic lifestyle.
Saunders Architecture has designed a hotel on the coast of Fedje
"We want to create a quiet refuge," studio founder Todd Saunders told Dezeen. "We want the visitors to feel that this is a unique and special place."
"We want the feeling inside and out to reflect the simple ways Nordic countries experience their own version of luxury, one that is based on less noise, extremely good craftsmanship, yet a simple uncomplicated palette of materials, food, and experiences," Saunders added.
The project forms part of a wider masterplan that Saunders Architecture is developing with the owner of local whisky distillery Feddie Ocean Distillery, which will also involve the creation of two new villages.
It responds to the shrinking and ageing population of Fedje and is hoped to create more opportunities for tourism on the island to support the distillery and other emerging businesses.
The hotel will feature a shingle-clad tower
The hotel will be positioned on the island's west coast, on a site chosen for being isolated yet within walking distance from the main town.
This spot will also provide the hotel with uninterrupted views of the Atlantic Ocean and allow visitors to experience dramatic changes in weather at the coastal site.
"We wanted a western site to see the sunset and a site where you could watch both the vicious North Atlantic storms as well as the calm, quiet beauty of this Nordic landscape on days that are sunny without wind," said Saunders.
"This site allowed us to take advantage of the various types of extreme weather conditions."
A ramp will lead up to a rooftop walkway
Saunders Architecture has designed a U-shaped form for the hotel, composed of three wings that fold around an internal courtyard.
This layout takes cues from the groupings of traditional farm buildings in Norway that are designed to create outdoor spaces sheltered from the wind.
The central arm of the U-shaped plan will be elevated above the ground, cantilevered from the adjoining wings. This is to allow visitors to walk under the building to a ground-level viewpoint looking out to the ocean.
One of the adjoining side wings will fold upwards to form a tower, while the opposite wing will slope downwards to create a ramp up to the hotel's roof.
Visitors will be able to walk under the building on one side
The roof, which will be publicly accessible, is a nod to Allemannsretten – a law in Norway that grants every person the freedom to roam on uncultivated land.
"With this in mind, I wanted to create a building that did not take the land away from the people visiting the island and especially the locals living on Fedje," Saunders said.
"Most hotels privatise and take land," the architect added. "I wanted a building that gave."
The roof will be complete with large rocks designed to double as seats and spaces to grow local herbs that the chefs at the hotel can use in their cooking.
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Fedje Hotel will be clad externally in a mix of locally sourced pinewood shingles and recycled slate, chosen to reference local vernacular architecture.
The pine will be left untreated to turn a silver-grey hue over time and the slate will be positioned on the more exposed north and east sides of the building.
Inside, Fedje Hotel's interior design is yet to be revealed but it will comprise up to 75 rooms. Each one will be designed so that its bed faces out towards the ocean.
The tower will contain public spaces including a bar, spa and restaurant on the uppermost levels.
The bedrooms will have uninterrupted views of the ocean
"We want to create a special place that celebrates this nature and could be so good that one chooses it as a must-experience destination," Saunders said.
Saunders Architecture was founded by Canadian architect Saunders in Bergen in 1998. Elsewhere in Norway it has created a wedge-shaped cabin and its founder's own blackened timber home.
Many other projects by the studio, including a stilted hotel and a small twisted tower containing an artist's studio, can be found on Fogo Island in Canada.
The visuals are byMir Visuals.
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American interior designer Kelly Wearstler paired the rich history of Downtown Los Angeles with other colourful global influences when creating this hotel, which features 136 unique types of tile.
Part of the Proper hotel group, Downtown LA Proper sits between Downtown Los Angeles' South Park District and the city's Fashion District.
Kelly Wearstler designed the eclectic interiors of Downtown LA Proper
The 148-room hotel is located within a former private club that was designed by architecture studio Curlett & Beelman in the 1920s.
Real estate developer The Kor Group teamed up with Wearstler to transform the building into Downtown LA Proper, with Wearstler spearheading the interior design.
Morgan Peck created a chunky graphite reception desk
According to Wearstler, the hotel's interiors take cues from LA's "creative scene", as well as the colours and forms of Mexican, Moroccan, Spanish and Portuguese design.
"My point of reference for the Proper Hotels is always the location, so Downtown LA Proper really called for bold and eclectic choices," she told Dezeen.
Guest rooms feature patterned headboards
"As the design of the hotel was greatly inspired by the community and history of the area, I used a deep, warm, colour and feel throughout to speak to this rich culture and history," added Wearstler.
"The [hotel's overall] design comprises 136 unique types of tile, from vintage to custom."
Wearstler used a colourful palette throughout the hotel
Visitors enter the hotel via the building's original ornate archway, which is flanked by column-like cacti in rustic pots, where they are met with a graphite reception desk designed by ceramicist Morgan Peck.
The original pink and white checkerboard floor tiling was retained in this area, while the ceiling is decorated with a hand-painted multicoloured mural designed by Abel Macias, which drew on the flora and fauna of Mexican folktales.
Caldo Verde includes a bespoke stained-glass doorway
This eclecticism is also reflected in Downtown LA Proper's guest rooms. Wearstler blended contrasting elements such as chunkily-patterned headboards with smooth wooden floors, while the walls vary within a spectrum of charcoal, mauve, dusty blue, umber and ecru.
The building contains three eateries including the lobby-level Caldo Verde restaurant and bar, which Wearstler designed to reflect the rest of the hotel's interiors.
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A collection of vintage rugs and seating, cocoa and sandstone tiles and jungle-like plants are set against a bespoke stained-glass installation by Judson Studios that makes up the restaurant's doorway.
Other design elements that create Downtown LA Proper's bright and bold atmosphere include Mexican brutalist hand-carved chairs, woven pendant lights from the south of France and stone mosaic tables.
Brutalist hand-carved chairs add to the project's eclecticism
"The building itself is a historic-cultural monument, so we wanted to maintain some of the original integrity and fabric, like the window casing and brickwork, while elevating it with contemporary jewel tones, patterns and plasterwork," said Wearstler.
"I truly wanted to embark on a spirited exploration of materiality, colour and form, to share with guests a hyper-localised flavour of the city and create a hub for local creatives."
The work of emerging artists features throughout the hotel
Wearstler founded her eponymous interior design studio in 1995 and is responsible for the eclectic interiors of several other Proper hotels including its San Francisco and Santa Monica outposts.
The designer also recently transformed a 1950s beachfront cottage in California into a bohemian retreat for her family.
The images are courtesy of Kelly Wearstler.
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Thatched beachfront bungalows overlook the Indian Ocean from this hotel named Kisawa Sanctuary in Mozambique, which was built in tandem with a marine conservation centre.
The Kisawa Sanctuary occupies 300 hectares of forest, dunes and beachfront on the southern tip of Benguerra Island, which lies 14 kilometres from the Mozambique mainland.
The Kisawa Sanctuary sits at the southern tip of Benguerra Island
It is the first hospitality project created by entrepreneur Nina Flohr, whose studio NJF Design collaborated with skilled local weavers, thatchers and carpenters to realise the project.
Opened in November 2021, the hotel comprises 22 suites in 12 thatch-topped villas arranged within the dunes.
The residences were built along the beach and in the dunes
"Some lie on the calmer cove side, others shelter in the dunes on the ocean side, yet all are carefully positioned within their own secluded plot; providing maximum privacy and optimum appreciation of the natural environment," said the hotel's team.
Built without the use of heavy machinery, the wooden structures across the site are thatched and clad in a variety of styles based on the regional vernacular.
The bungalows feature woven doors that slide to open up the rooms
Guest bungalows are shaped like long villas and covered with wavy patterned roofs, echoing the form of waves.
Inside they have mottled plaster walls and wooden floors covered with large rugs. Colourfully printed textiles add warmth and variety to the neutral decor.
Neutral decor is accented with patterned textiles and African artefacts
Woven-grass door panels slide across to open up bedrooms and bathrooms to living areas and the outdoors, allowing breezes to pass through.
Timber decking wraps around the bungalows, and forms paths to further terraces that support cabanas and surround swimming pools.
Each bungalow has access to a private beach
Locally made contemporary furnishings are mixed with crafts and artefacts from across Africa to lend an authentic feel to the interiors.
The communal dining spaces across the resort have a similar design treatment, and serve traditional cuisine made from fresh seafood and produce, with a zero-waste policy and using no processed ingredients.
The property includes a wellness centre formed from a cluster of conical volumes
A wellness centre hidden in the dunes is formed from clusters of thatched round volumes with conical tops.
Alongside the hotel, Flohr also launched the Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies – a research hub for ocean conservation.
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"Their parallel operations create a new, symbiotic business model whereby for-profit hospitality contributes directly to non-profit marine science and research," said the team.
Resort guests are able to participate in the research efforts through activities like excursions on the research vessel, which is used for tagging and monitoring local shark populations.
"The pairing of cultural celebration and environmental conservation at Kisawa presents a new, forward-looking narrative for both Mozambique and island escapes," the team said
Local thatchers covered the building using a traditional regional technique
Located in the south-east of the African continent Mozambique is growing in popularity as a tourist destination. Sussurro, a series of private bungalows in the southern part of the country, took home three prizes at the AHEAD MEA 2021 awards.
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Quebec architecture firm Bourgeois Lechasseur has included full-height mirrored walls in these secluded cabins to reflect the surrounding forest.
The pair of rentable Forest Glamp cabins were completed as part of hospitality concept Réflexion, and are located in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François – a popular ski destination roughly an hour outside Quebec City.
Bourgeois Lechasseur Architects built the pair of glamping cabins in Quebec
The project follows Bourgeois Lechasseur's previous work on glamping or short-term rental projects in the region, and the studio sees this a continuation of the same type of work.
"The challenge for the architects was to engage guests in an intimate relationship with nature, rather than dazzle them with the overwhelming views nearby," said Bourgeois Lechasseur. "Key to the design was a focus on creating accommodations that would almost disappear among the trees."
The cabins were constructed using wood that was stained black across the exterior
The black wooden cabins have identical layouts and are placed back-to-back roughly 50 metres apart, ensuring guests' privacy.
Each of the structures contains two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchenette, and an open living and dining area with a fireplace.
Reflective glass stretches across one side of the cabin
In the communal area, a full-height glass wall runs the length of the building, providing unobstructed views of the surrounding forest.
When seen from outside, the reflective glass helps to blend building volumes with the trees.
To prevent confusing and injuring wildlife, the large panels have a coating that is invisible to the human eye, but that birds can see clearly.
In order to reduce construction timelines and improve build quality, each cabin was pre-fabricated offsite in two sections, and assembled together in the field.
The fully glazed wall provides views of the forest from inside
"Two operations had to take place on location: the pouring of the radiant concrete slab, and installation of the long, reflective glass walls," Bourgeois Lechasseur said.
"Meticulous site coordination was required during final assembly."
The interior of the cabins are also lined in wood
The cabins interiors have an airy palette of pale wooden ceilings, light concrete floors, and monochrome furniture.
Bourgeois Lechasseur aimed to create a contrast with the typical "rustic log cabins" that most people still associate with the Canadian wilderness. "Today's travelers seek comfort and poetry," the architects said.
The cabin interiors have a light and airy look
Bourgeois Lechasseur have completed several residences throughout Quebec.
Others include a home on the Magdalene Islands that takes cues from local traditional materials and a lakeside residence with stepped, stadium-style seating outside leading down to the water.
The photography is byMaxime Brouillet unless otherwise indicated.
Project credits:
Design team: Olivier Bourgeois, Régis Lechasseur, Alexandre Côté, Valérie Gauthier
General contractor: Charlevoix Acoustique
Window markers: FeatherFriendly
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